I chose the National Black Child Development Institute, which has a local chapter in my city. This organization addresses issues concerning young children, specifically issues related to African-American children. However, the information is beneficial to all young children. The NBCHI website addresses the organizations initiatives which are literacy, child welfare, education, nutrition and health.
The current NBCHI newsletter has an article on autism that contained some statistical information I did not know. There was an article on speaking to young children about unemployment and the current economic situation in our country. It gave suggestions on what to say by the developmental age/stage of the child. That article related to the changing demographics and diversity because of families becoming more transit with the economic recession.
I read a position paper that the organization issued on protecting the benefit of pre-k programs by strengthening the transition to elementary school. After the third grade the educational gap between children that attended a quality preschool program and those that did not disappears. It is the position of NBCHI that school districts should structure elementary schools to have full day programs for preschool and kindergarten, and then transition families through the other grades to build on the foundation established.
Current NBCDI Newsletter
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